Short narration of selected lines from chapter 27 of the book by Mother Julian, medieval Christian contemplative: Revelations of Divine Love, the earliest known book in English written by a woman. These words are from the oldest Chaucerian-style manuscript.
The musical backing is the hauntingly lovely, rare middle 8 from the full length version of the Moody Blues song Isn’t Life Strange, played by the magnificent Moody’s Mellotron master maestro Mr Mike Pinder.
PS the famous phrase All Shall Be Well, is routinely credited to Julian, but if you listen, you will realise that she is in fact quoting a Higher Source!
Joel L. Watts holds a Masters of Arts from United Theological Seminary with a focus in literary and rhetorical criticism of the New Testament. His interests include exploring the role of mimesis in human civilization, specifically in the study of religion and media, as well as science fiction and the way in which it has allowed mythology to be explored in light of scientific discoveries of the past century. He is the author of Mimetic Criticism of the Gospel of Mark: Introduction and Commentary (Wipf and Stock, 2013) and a co-editor and contributor to From Fear to Faith: Stories of Hitting Spiritual Walls (Energion, 2013).
Website: → Unsettled Christianity
Connect
OK, very good, including the narrator. But it would have more impact if the narrator was a woman. Male domination, even in 2012?
Gary, I think you are correct and it was something I missed. I’ll see if I can find another one. Also, for the month of Feb, I’ll be posting quotes from her Julian…